﻿574 
  SEVEN.fH 
  AXNUAT. 
  RePORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  Days. 
  

  

  Vacation 
  5 
  

  

  Time 
  for 
  report 
  10 
  

  

  Work 
  at 
  office 
  4 
  

  

  Total 
  304 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  time, 
  since 
  the 
  first 
  days 
  of 
  May, 
  I 
  Lave 
  had 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  with 
  me, 
  as 
  a 
  helper, 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  F. 
  Niles 
  of 
  Spencertowm, 
  

   X. 
  Y. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Niles 
  to 
  look 
  after 
  the 
  details 
  

   of 
  the 
  work, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  removing 
  of 
  infested 
  stock, 
  superintending 
  

   men 
  at 
  work 
  for 
  us, 
  and 
  aiding 
  and 
  superintending 
  the 
  construction 
  

   of 
  the 
  fumigating 
  houses. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  he 
  has 
  saved 
  much 
  of 
  my 
  

   time, 
  and 
  added 
  greatly 
  to 
  the 
  expediting 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  In 
  every- 
  

   way 
  he 
  has 
  proved 
  very 
  prompt 
  and 
  highly 
  satisfactory. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Huested, 
  on 
  Jime 
  first, 
  my 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  was 
  divided, 
  leaving 
  me 
  only 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  

   Westchester, 
  Rockland, 
  Kings, 
  Queens, 
  ISTassau, 
  Richmond 
  and 
  

   Suffolk, 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  needed 
  change 
  as, 
  last 
  year, 
  even 
  with 
  the 
  

   aid 
  of 
  a 
  second 
  helper 
  (Mr. 
  Barden), 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  inspector 
  

   and 
  helper 
  from 
  another 
  district, 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  ground 
  

   assigned 
  to 
  me 
  before 
  October 
  first. 
  The 
  district 
  now 
  assigned 
  to 
  

   me, 
  while 
  small, 
  still 
  furnishes 
  ample 
  work. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  badly 
  

   infested 
  district 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  also 
  has 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   fifty-eight 
  nurseries 
  within 
  its 
  borders. 
  Beside 
  these, 
  there 
  are 
  

   the 
  port 
  of 
  Kew 
  York, 
  into 
  which 
  importations 
  of 
  stock 
  are 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  coming, 
  and 
  the 
  auction-rooms 
  in 
  the 
  city, 
  which 
  need 
  to 
  

   be 
  constantly 
  watched 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  diseased 
  stock. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  nursery 
  inspection, 
  this 
  year, 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  more 
  

   severe 
  and 
  painstaking 
  than 
  last 
  year. 
  This 
  is 
  due 
  partly 
  to 
  the 
  

   greater 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  given 
  us 
  to 
  do 
  our 
  work 
  in, 
  and 
  partly 
  owing 
  

   to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  last 
  year 
  the 
  law 
  was 
  new 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  

   enforce 
  as 
  closely 
  as 
  we 
  could 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  nursery 
  inspections 
  made 
  by 
  me 
  this 
  year 
  

   is 
  sixty-eight. 
  Of 
  these, 
  five 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  were 
  of 
  places 
  

  

  